†Melieria calligrapha Melander 1949 (picture-winged fly)
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Full reference: A. L. Melander. 1949. A Report on Some Miocene Diptera from Florissant, Colorado. American Museum Novitates 1407:1-61
Belongs to Melieria according to A. L. Melander 1949
Sister taxon: Melieria atavina
Type specimen: AMNH 26615, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant, Station 14, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Florissant, Station 14
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